9-letter words containing am
- ice cream — a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- imambarah — a building, rooms, etc., used by Shiʿites for ceremonies, especially during the first 10 days of Muharram.
- immingham — a port in NE England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: docks opened in 1912, principally for the exporting of coal; now handles chiefly bulk materials, esp imported iron ore. Pop: 11 090 (2001)
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in camera — a judge's private office.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inamorata — a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- inamorato — a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- indamines — Plural form of indamine.
- inflaming — Present participle of inflame.
- inflammed — Misspelling of inflamed.
- inhambane — a seaport in SE Mozambique.
- instagram — a photo-sharing application for computers and mobile phones
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- isogamete — one of a pair of conjugating gametes, exhibiting no differences in form, size, structure, or sex.
- isogamous — having two similar gametes in which no differentiation can be distinguished, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to heterogamous).
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- jam today — the principle of living for the moment
- jambalaya — a dish of Creole origin, consisting of rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, herbs, spices, and vegetables, especially tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
- jamborees — Plural form of jamboree.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- james bay — the S arm of Hudson Bay, in E Canada between Ontario and Quebec provinces. 300 miles (483 km) long; 160 miles (258 km) wide.
- james iii — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- james vii — title as king of Scotland of James II of England and Ireland
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- jeroboams — Plural form of jeroboam.
- jessamine — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jetstream — Alternative spelling of jet stream.
- jigamaree — a trick or manoeuvre
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- kalamkari — A type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India.
- kamadhenu — a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
- kamarhati — a city in West Bengal state, in NE India, a suburb of Kolkata.
- kamchadal — Itelmen.
- kamchatka — a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.
- kamikazes — Plural form of kamikaze.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- kampuchea — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kanamycin — An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.
- karakoram — Also called Mustagh. a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- karyogamy — the fusion of the nuclei of cells, as in fertilization.
- karyogram — (genetics) A graphical representation of a karyotype.
- key frame — (graphics) A frame in an animated sequence of frames which was drawn or otherwise constructed directly by the user rather than generated automatically, e.g. by tweening.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- keystream — (cryptography) A stream of random or pseudorandom characters that are combined with the plaintext to produce a ciphertext.